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RDU-bound Southwest Airlines 737 makes emergency descent
Passengers told ABC11 the pilot yelled "We're going down" before the plane took a nosedive (news.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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Southwest Airlines pilot apparently tells passengers 'We're going down'
As his plane made a rapid descent to normalize cabin pressure, a Southwest Airlines pilot went on the plane's loudspeaker and apparently told passengers the aircraft was going down.
"At first it sounded like someone was coming over the PA to talk. Then it sounded like shots through the cabin, twice, back to back," passenger Grace Stroud told CNN. "Seconds later, the panicked captain said, 'We're in trouble; we're going down.'"
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/14/travel/southwest-flight-scare/
Southwest Airlines pilot apparently tells passengers 'We're going down'
As his plane made a rapid descent to normalize cabin pressure, a Southwest Airlines pilot went on the plane's loudspeaker and apparently told passengers the aircraft was going down.
"At first it sounded like someone was coming over the PA to talk. Then it sounded like shots through the cabin, twice, back to back," passenger Grace Stroud told CNN. "Seconds later, the panicked captain said, 'We're in trouble; we're going down.'"
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/14/travel/southwest-flight-scare/
A much more comprehensive (meaning "better") article:
http://myfox8.com/2013/11/13/plane-bound-for-rdu-takes-nosedive-terrifies-passengers/
Clearly the CA (or FO) was probably using the O2 mask microphone (since it was a pressurization issue, depends on whether the CAB Altitude had exceed 10,000 feet), and pushed the "PA" selector button on the Audio Panel. This was to inform the Cabin crew. Alternatively one of them could have used the Interphone, again with the O2 mask mic, by selecting the "INT" (or "FLT", or "CAB", depends on specific design) mic selector switch. But they must ring the call button, and wait for an FA to then pick up a handset.
This over-reaction by laypeople who are accustomed to Hollywood's version of "flying", and have no aviation knowledge nor experience.
Image of a typical Boeing Audio Select Panel:
http://www.b737.org.uk/images/aspbuttons.jpg
http://myfox8.com/2013/11/13/plane-bound-for-rdu-takes-nosedive-terrifies-passengers/
Clearly the CA (or FO) was probably using the O2 mask microphone (since it was a pressurization issue, depends on whether the CAB Altitude had exceed 10,000 feet), and pushed the "PA" selector button on the Audio Panel. This was to inform the Cabin crew. Alternatively one of them could have used the Interphone, again with the O2 mask mic, by selecting the "INT" (or "FLT", or "CAB", depends on specific design) mic selector switch. But they must ring the call button, and wait for an FA to then pick up a handset.
This over-reaction by laypeople who are accustomed to Hollywood's version of "flying", and have no aviation knowledge nor experience.
Image of a typical Boeing Audio Select Panel:
http://www.b737.org.uk/images/aspbuttons.jpg
Where's the professionalism? How about, we have a depressurization warning and we are going to make a steep descent to a lower altitude.
Absolutely! Or at the very least, a brief explanation once the situation had resolved. It likely would have served to calm a lot of ruffled feathers. I'd venture a guess that crew remained invisible upon landing.
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Matter of fact, it hasn't crashed at all. (Psst...it isn't a "they" it's an "it". It's a company.)
You're gonna hear it now. Be ready to define crash. Lol
HA ... I knew it the instant after I pressed "send" ... you know how as you're moving to press that key, but there's no way you can stop your hand in time? I'ma gonna just ignore it cuz, after all, everyone really knows what I'm sayin'.
Pilot accidentally says the words no one wants to hear over PA system
"Going down" is something most people typically don't mind hearing from a polite elevator attendant or in an Aerosmith song, but it's definitely not something anyone wants to hear a pilot say over the PA system during a flight.
http://now.msn.com/southwest-airlines-pilot-reportedly-says-plane-is-going-down-over-pa-system